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Lady Gaga's Applause, the first single from her upcoming album 'Artpop' is among the nominees for Video of the Year.

The music industry has its Grammys. MTV has its VMAs. But only the brand new YouTube Music Awards will honor things like the world's best parody videos created by fans. Or the star videos that inspired the most fan mimic clips.

YouTube just announced the nominees for its first annual awards, to be handed out Sunday November 3rd, during a live concert event in New York featuring Lady Gaga, Eminem, the Arcade Fire and more.

Prizes will be awarded in 6 categories, from Video of the Year to Response of the Year (based on fan-created clips uploaded to the service).

Major nominees include Eminem, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Psy, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and One Direction.

The live event - to be held on Pier 36 on Manhattan's West Side - will also feature Avicci, M.I.A., Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, and Walk Off The Earth.

Actor/musician Jason Schwartzman and comedia/musician Reggie Watts will host the event, which will also be streamed over YouTube.

Nominations for the Awards have been drawn from YouTube data over the last 12 months based on views, likes, shares, comments and subscriptions.

Fans can vote for the winners by visiting youtube.com/musicawards.

Here are this years nominees:

- Video of the Year:

Honoring the world's most loved music videos. These nominees represent the videos with the most fan engagement on YouTube over the last year:

. Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles Of History

. Demi Lovato Heart Attack

. Girls' Generation I Got A Boy

. Justin Bieber (feat. Nicki Minaj) Beauty And A Beat

. Lady Gaga Applause

. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Mary Lambert) Same Love

. Miley Cyrus We Can't Stop

. One Direction Best Song Ever

. PSY Gentleman

. Selena Gomez Come & Get It

- Artist of the Year:

Honoring the acts YouTube fans have made stars. Nominees represent the most watched, shared, liked, and subscribed to artists on YouTube.

. Eminem

. Epic Rap Battles of History

. Justin Bieber

. Katy Perry

. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

. Nicki Minaj

. One Direction

. PSY

. Rihanna

. Taylor Swift

?- Response of the Year:

Honoring the best fan remix, parody or response video. These nominees represent the top "unofficial"?fan videos on YouTube based on views, shares and other activity.

. Boyce Avenue (feat. Fifth Harmony) Mirrors

. Jayesslee Gangnam Style

. Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix Radioactive

. ThePianoGuys Titanium/Pavane

. Walk Off the Earth (feat. KRNFX) I Knew You Were Trouble

?- YouTube Phenomenon:

Recognizing the YouTube trends the world could not escape from. Nominees are based on the phenomena that generated the most fan videos.

. Diamonds

. Gangnam Style

. Harlem Shake

. I Knew You Were Trouble

. Thrift Shop

- YouTube Breakthrough:

Honoring the music world's breakout new acts, these nominees represent the artists who experienced the biggest growth in views and subscribers.

. Kendrick Lamar

. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

. Naughty Boy

. Passenger

. Rudimental

- Innovation of the Year:

These videos were selected by a international panel of musicians, YouTubers and creative luminaries. The panel then selected the creative video innovations that resonated most with fans on YouTube, based on views, likes, shares and comments.

. Anamanaguchi ENDLESS FANTASY

. Atoms For Peace Ingenue

. Bat For Lashes Lilies

. DeStorm See Me Standing

. Toro Y Moi "Say That"

jfarber@nydailynews.com